Polar Outbreak starting 07/06/2008

[mikestormchaser]

might do ryan hopefully more haha, is this anything t do with warm advective activity anyone?

[Ryan Thomas]

Yea, I'm wondering the cause of it too.

Also..

"Max: 16°C Min: 2°C
(Day) (Overnight)
Cold southwesterlies and rain."

Good ol Metservice . But yea I'm wondering the same as tornadoman18

[Inny Binny]

Stopped now.

Well, we might see a few more snow showers...

[Andrew Massie]

Evidence...!

I'm 300m from North New Brighton beach!

[gopolks]

Stopped now.

Well, we might see a few more snow showers...

More snow than rain now, the lawn is starting to turn white.

[Storm Struck]

Had a nice heavy dumping before with large flakes made concrete surfaces white but back to lighter snow now.
Pics later on.
Cheers
Jason.

[Ice Maiden]

Snowflakes in North Dunedin! Still pretty wet, but awesome!

Really heavy snow now, big flakes too, sky looks full of it. Not laying yet though.

[southernthrash]

Stopped where I am on George st, but getting dark again now...

[mikestormchaser]

slowed down here aswel, nice heavy shower of it, now just spits of snow, very cold and no wind to speak of.

[gopolks]

Whats the latests forcast? for the next few hours?

Its light snow here now.

[gopolks]

Stopped snowing aand raining here.

[southernthrash]

Temp has dropped 2 degrees here within the last hour, this evening may be interesting...

[Inny Binny]

It's still a degree here, so anything else that falls here will be snow.

I'm just waiting for the next radar, I wish it covered Dunedin a bit better.

[Andrew Massie]

Stopped here too.. Dew point 0 degrees. Air temp 4.9.

[mikestormchaser]

starting snow again

[TonyT]

Stopped here as well, I measured 5cm over open ground, 8cm in sheltered areas. We have lost a number of limbs off old pine and macrocarpa trees, and our shadehouse is in tatters with the posts fallen over and the cloth ripped in places. This will prove to be an expensive event.

@Gopolks, could you please stop the multiple postings just a few minutes apart. This thread contains a far higher percentage of posts from you than is needed. There are a few others of you who need to heed the same warning.

[gopolks]

Hasnt snow here or rained for a bit, but the odd drop of rain has just started to fall.

0.8 999

[mikestormchaser]

isnt the cold air meant to swing more S or SW or whatever tonight and that create even colder air and more snow?

[Ryan Thomas]

Memorial Ave got a bit from what you can see on the webcam. And even colder? Wonder how much moisture will be in that air

[gopolks]

Starting to come in again, got a phone call from my brother, its snowed heavily in ilam.

[TonyT]

@gopolks, you are over commenting on this event. I have warned you, keep the comments down or I will recommend a temporary ban.

[NZstorm]

isnt the cold air meant to swing more S or SW or whatever tonight and that create even colder air and more snow?

Yes, some cb showers will come up the coast this evening possibly affecting CH toward midnight. But I think BP is better placed to catch these.
Edit Actually the CH radar suggests the front is not finished with CH yet.

[Chris Raine]

We have had some heavy showers of sleet and hail in Thornbury late this afternoon .Currently 3.0 degrees ,Cb tops to west .Drove to Tuatapere via inland route snowed ,sleeted and hailed most of the way. Very heavy hail shower at Tuatapere around 4pm . Road covered ,could drive only at 30kph for three kilometers along SH 99 heading south .Actual snow level about 300 meters. May drop tonight

[gllitz]

I'm interested (even while the event is ongoing) in a meteorological insight into what has happened today...in some places around CHCH we saw temps up to 17C before, well, bottoming out to almost 0C...that's QUITE a drop, anywhere in the world...obviously we had a strong front pass through and I thought we wouldn't really see snow to sea level until late in the day (after sunset)....but, oh well, c'est la vie...sure, we can guess all we want regarding numbers and all, but Mother Nature ALWAYS has a way of putting her twist on things...

I guess I am after a "lessons learned," if you will...

[spwill]

Snow level around the Dunedin area has been around 300m today however it got much lower late afternoon for locations in the path of some quite large Cb clouds that moved through.